China 1993 100 yuan KM-516
This specimen was lot 5128 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,366 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"CHINA, Volksrepublik. 100 Yuan 1993. Lunarserie, Ausgabe zum Jahr des Hahnes. 14,26 g Feingold. GOLD. R Nur 2.300 Exemplare geprägt. Polierte Platte. (people's republic of China, one hundred yuan of 1993, lunar series, year of the rooster. Only 2,300 struck, proof.)"
Hong Kong was the first entity to issue coins honoring the animals of the Chinese lunar calendar, in 1976. The communist regime of China entered the field in 1983 and has issued hundreds of types in every mintable metal. This one honors the Year of the Rooster.
Recorded mintage: 1,900 proofs.
Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine gold, 1.000 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 516, Fr-B67; Wang/Chan/Lin CC-453.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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